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NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks rose yesterday after a strong report on new home sales offset mixed news from corporate earnings reports. The market was held in check for much of the day after Greece decided to tap a bailout programme.
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DATE: Apr 24, 2010
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Amazon.com Inc. said yesterday that its first-quarter profit surged 68 percent, showing that consumers are even more comfortable opening their wallets to the online retailer as the economy slowly improves. But investors were spoo...
DATE: Apr 23, 2010
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Given the recent downturn in the global economy, Bermuda business owners who are also citizens of the United States may be reporting a net operating loss on their 2009 tax returns. Applying the loss in the current tax year or carrying the loss forwar...
DATE: Apr 22, 2010
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) - Target Corp., the second-largest US discount chain, will stop issuing Visa Inc. credit cards to new applicants and spur use of its own plastic.
"Guests tend to spend more at Target when issued a Target Credit Card instead of a ...
DATE: Apr 21, 2010
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Microsoft is surprising me by seeming to get more customer friendly these days. The latest concession to XP diehards and hapless victims of Vista is the offer of a new self-support service based on Windows 7.
Now before you cynically counter with a ...
DATE: Apr 21, 2010
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The big hitters of the offshore world will be heading to Miami for one of the most keenly anticipated events on the calender next month.
The 8th Annual OffshoreAlert Financial Due Diligence Conference, run by former Royal Gazette business reporter Da...
DATE: Apr 20, 2010
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The Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) has published a consultation paper outlining proposals to improve its code of conduct for investment providers.
The revised code incorporates better guidance to investment providers on dealing with both personal a...
DATE: Apr 19, 2010
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A group of leading London insurance executives has proposed a set of tax policy changes that it believes could tempt Bermuda companies to move to the UK.
The London 100, a group of executives and chairmen brought together by industry newsletter Insur...
DATE: Apr 19, 2010
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Jonathan Kent
Study finds many workloads increased since 2007
CHICAGO (AP) -- If it seems like you're working harder than you used to, it's probably not your imagination.
Many companies have increased employees' workloads and put a higher priority on productivity ...
DATE: Apr 19, 2010
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In earlier times, though certainly not as prevalent today, men went off to war, or to work, while women kept the home fires, the crops, the livestock, the kids, and everyone else on their toes.
In this recession, from statistics, media (the mancessio...
DATE: Apr 17, 2010
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